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Topic: Pet Sematary print
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Mike Williamson
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 184
From: Burbank, CA
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted August 04, 2008 05:24 PM
Alan -
That's exactly what I came here to do...To work things out. It seems Andreas is not interested in working it out. Instead he continues to rant about eBay. Which has nothing to do with me or our transaction.
The Paypal issue is moot. I agreed weeks ago to pay his fees. I had a knee jerk reaction when he asked for it since I had been frustrated with the way he treated me, but literally the next day I sent him an email that said, basically, "sorry about that. I was having a bad day. I'll of course pay the fees."
He obviously has some sort of grudge against ebay that he is taking out on me, because ebay won't listen. It seems it's making him feel better to deny me a sale, because he feels he's sticking it to eBay. Totally irrational, if you ask me.
Anyways...I'm still here, Andreas, and still have the same agenda. All I ever wanted to do was communicate again and finish the transaction. I am not eBay. I'm just Mike. A fan of PET SEMATARY.
Mike
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Oemer Yalinkilic
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 547
From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted August 04, 2008 05:41 PM
You canīt pray how bad is the ebay world with his fees and do the same with your paypal fees. If I understand right: you wanted 165 Euro cash in your hand, why you cant say please send me $312
If he send $312 to you, you get $299,5 (if you have a dealer paypal account: The fees are 3,9%+ 0,3 cent. $299,5 are 197,5 Euro. Shipping for max. 5 kg cost 32 Euro. So you get 165,5 Euro. Is the parcel is more than 5 kg you need 10 Euro more (42 Euro for 5-20 kg) that is $328. Itīs more easy for a buyer to see what he must pay and not 165 Euro. Nobody say you must sell your films for peanuts, I mean it make it easy for both, if you as a dealer say clear what he must pay.
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Keith Ashfield
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 997
From: U.K.
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted August 05, 2008 02:54 AM
I agree with Kevin and Mark regarding the above. This post is like watching a "soap opera". It is one of those "episodes" where it is depressing, but compulsive viewing and not something that is the norm on this Forum. It tends to leave a "bad taste in the mouth" reading about two collectors "arguing in public". I don't wish to take sides, but in light of what Kevin said, you can read this thread in numerous ways and each party concerned is the villain or hero, when in actual fact, neither are! Mike admits the frustration of not speaking German and having to use a translation programme at some stage. Andreas could have the same problem with language communication. Using a computer translation programme can "distort" the most innocent phrase into an insult for the recipient party, if you are not careful. The progarmme will not "translate" emotions the way spoken speech will. Always remember that what one says in one language, that is humerous, can "translate" as an insult in another. The same can be said when "freely translating" into another language, in the written form.
The outcome that all forum members would like to see, I'm sure, is a happy one.
Mike gets his much sought after film.
Andreas gets his financial reward - all's well.
But, I feel it should be done in private, not in public.There is always a risk (and I see it happening here) that people "take sides" without being in "full possesion of all the facts" and you get a "split jury that argues amongst itself".
Lets not have a "split forum"!
The love of film, technical info exchange, friendship and good humour (or "warped humour, at times" ) is what this forum is all about. Let's get away from the "crones sitting around the guilotine waiting to see the head drop" scenario and back to what we are good at!
That's my opinion of the matter - no offence intended to anyone, whatever their nationality, or native language.
-------------------- "We'll find 'em in the end, I promise you. We'll find 'em. Just as sure as a turnin' of the earth".
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Mike Williamson
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 184
From: Burbank, CA
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted August 06, 2008 04:35 PM
Since Kevin said we could post the outcome of all this here when the transaction had finality, I am posting here to report that...
Unfortunately, Andreas will not sell the print to me.
He responded to one email I sent a few days ago, stating he decided he didn't want to accept Paypal payments from an American because he read banks are going bankrupt here and he didn't trust the payment would go through. (An unfounded fear, based in no fact)
When I emailed him again to please check my 10 years of feedback on eBay with no negatives to ease his mind that I would not send him a faulty Paypal payment (if it's even possible), he did not respond.
I sent another email today asking him if he could give me a final decision, and he did reply with a 5 word response: "I donīt want to sell."
So, that's it guys. The end of the story.
The lesson I learned? Well...Uhh...Hmm. Not sure really.
The moral of the story? That would have to be...Ummm...Hmmmm...
I guess the moral is I should never get too excited about a print. Because even if it's for sale...And even if the seller will sell it to me...You never know what kind of inexplicable stuff will go down that will keep it in Germany.
Goodbye, Pet Sematary print. I hardly knew you.
Mike
PS: I changed the title of this topic from "Andreas Eggeling???" to "Pet Sematary print" because Andreas said he didn't like a topic with his name on the forum. And out of respect for his feelings, I adjusted it.
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